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Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies at 68

Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies at 68

Source: All About Jazz

Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including “Chapel of Love," “Be My Baby" and “Leader of the Pack," died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.

Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, where she had been admitted a few days earlier for treatment of pneumonia, according to her niece, Jessica Weiner.

Greenwich, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was considered one of pop's most successful songwriters. She ...

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